Scrubby

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Covered with or consisting of scrub or underbrush.
  • adj. Straggly or stunted.
  • adj. Paltry or shabby; wretched.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Covered with or consisting of scrub.
  • adj. Inferior in size or quality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of inferior breed or stunted growth; stunted; hence, small; shabby; contemptible; mean: as, a scrubby cur; a scrubby tree.
  • Covered with scrub or underwood: as, scrubby land.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. inferior in size or quality
  • adj. sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
  • Equivalent
    inferior    wooded   
    Variant
    scrubbier    scrubbiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dwarf    shabby    bushy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chubby    clubby    grubby    hubby    shrubby    stubby    tubby   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scraggly    low-growing    straggly    shrubby    nearby    brushy    wind-swept    marshy    snow-covered    brambly